kvm-host is a minimalist type 2 hypervisor using Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM),
capable of running Linux kernel partially.
- x86-64
- Aarch64 (GICv2/GICv3)
Fetch required submodules (only necessary for ARM build):
git submodule update --init --recursiveTo compile:
makeDownload and build Linux kernel from scratch:
make build/bzImage(or make build/Image for Arm64 host)
Run Linux guest with kvm-host:
make checkbuild/kvm-host -k bzImage [-i initrd] [-d disk-image]
bzImage is the path to linux kernel bzImage. The bzImage file is in a specific format,
containing concatenated bootsect.o + setup.o + misc.o + piggy.o. initrd is the path to
initial RAM disk image, which is an optional argument.
disk-image is the path to disk image which can be mounted as a block device via virtio. For the reference Linux guest, ext4 filesystem is used for disk image.
To exit kvm-host, press "Ctrl-A", release both keys, and then press "x".
kvm-host is released under the BSD 2 clause license. Use of this source code is governed by
a BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
